Tag.



A. L. EASTMAN.

TAG.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-20. 1915.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

ADELBERT L. EASTMAN, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, I915.

Application filed January 20, 1915. Serial No. 3,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADELBERT L. EASTMAN, a citizen of the United Statesof America,

and a resident of the borough of Manhattan,

city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved form of tag especiallyadapted for use in connection with watches and like objects without thenecessity of using any string or similar means for the attachmg togetherof tag and watch. It has been the practice in displaying watches forsale or in hanging up watches on a rack in Watch repair shops, where itis necessary to have them in view for adjustment from time to time, toidentify the same by means of a tag tied thereto by a string, the taghaving information of various kinds written or printed thereupon.

The object of my invention is to provide a tag for sucha purpose whichmay be readily and easily attached to and detached from a watch withoutthe employment ofattaching means such as a string or the like.

The drawings show one form of practising my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a tag illustrating one form of my inventionthe tag being shown in the fiat; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1,parts being broken away, showing in connection therewith a watch partlyinserted into the tag; Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the watch fullyinserted and the flap turned down.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

0 indicates the body portion of the tag which maybe made of any suitablematerial.

7) indicates a scoring or fold transversely of the tag adjacent one endso as to permit flap 0 to be turned down toward the body portion (1.Approximately centrally, of the card and on a line with scoring. b is anaperture (Z of any convenient shape, here shown in the shape of adiamond. Extending downwardly from aperture (1 and preferably centrallyof body portion a is a slit 6. The slit may be straight throughout itsentire length or may terminate in a curved portion f preferably turnedaway from the irection from which the watch is advanced toward the tag.In either case the slit may terminate in an opening 9 to preventtearing. The slit should be of sufficient length to permit the stem hand attaching ring z' of the watch j to be inserted therethrough and theopening or aperture d should be of sufiicient size to embrace stem h ofthe Watch when the latter is in position.

The tag is attached to the watch by presenting the ring 2' and stem 12.of the watch to slit 0, and forcing them in until the edges of the slitcontact the watch proper, then sliding the watch to the right, asillustrated, until the stem enters aperture (i, then turning the watchdownward until it lies against the card as shown in Fig. 3, the flap 0being turned over at an angle to body portion a of the tag during suchmovement of the Watch and the ring 71 of the watch being in position tobe attached to a hook or other suitable means if desired. The watch isthus locked in the tag so that the tag cannot be accidentally detachedalthough free movement of the watch in the aperture is permitted.

The curved portion f of slit 6 permits a somewhat easier insertion ofthe watch and also lessens the tendency to tear the tag by suchinsertion. It may however be omitted without departing from theprinciples of my invention. 7

While I have shown and described my invention specifically in connectionwith watches. it is obvious that it could be used in many other ways.For example. to fasten over a button for use in clothing stores or indrying and cleaning establishments, the but ton being passed through theslit and the card then moved so that the aperture would receive theshank of the button or the like. In this latter case the scoring couldbe omitted as there would be no necessity for a flap.

I claim:

1. A tag comprising a body portion of any suitable material providedwith an aperture adjacent one end having a slot extending in an unbrokenline from said aperture substantially at right angles away from the endadjacent said aperture and terminating within said body portion, and aflap adapted to turn over at an angle to said body portion and in linewith said aperture.

2. A tag comprising a body portion of any suitable material providedwith an aperture adjacent one end having a slot extending in an unbrokenline from said aperture substantially at right angles away from the endadjacent said aperture and then at an angle to said last mentioned lineand terminating within said body portion, and a flap adapted to turnover at an angle to said body portion and in line with said aperture.

3. A tag comprising a body portion of any suitable material scoredacross one end thereof and provided with an aperture located on the lineof said scoring having a slot extending in an unbroken line therefromsubstantially at right angles to said scoring and away from the end ofthe body portion adjacent said scoring and terminating within said bodyportion.

4. A tag comprising a bod any suitable material provi ed with anaperture adjacent one end having a slit extending in an unbroken linefrom it longitudinally of said body portion away from the end adjacentthe aperture and terminating within said body portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib-y ADELBERT L. EASTMAN. Witnesses:

K. G. LE Ann, S. M. BAEDER.

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